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E. REYNOLDS.

HAND STAMP.

No. 446,587. u Patented Feb. 17.18911.

(No Model.) 2 Sheets-Sheet 2; E. REYNOLDS.

HAND STAMP.

No. 446,584?. Patented Feb. 17,1891.

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EDWIN REYNOLDS, OF PROVIDENCE, RHODE ISLAND.

HAND-"STAMP SPECUE*CATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 446,587, dated February 17, 1891.

Application filed March 211, 1883. Serial No. 268,394. (No model.)

To all when?, it may concern: v

Beit known that I, EDWIN REYNOLDS, a citizen of the United States, residing at Providence, in the State of Rhode Island, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Hand-Stamps, of which the following is a specification.

My invention consists in an improved spring holder and handle for the rubber die and die-plate of ahand-stamp, as hereinafter set forth.

Figure l is a vertical section of the spring die-holder and the die-plate. Fig. 2 represents a section taken in the line a: of Fig. l, showing a top view of the spring die-holder and die-plate. Fig. 3 is a side elevation of the die-plate shown in Fig. l. Eig. 4 is a side view showing a modification of the die-plate. Fig. 5 represents a top view of the die-plate, the position of the handle and spring when turned to one side being shown by the dotted lines. Fig. (3 represents an end elevation showing the die-holder and spring-handle when in use.

InA the accompanying drawings, A is the handle, which is secured centrally to the curved spring B, the said spring being attached to the handle by means of a screw s, or in any suitable manner, and provided at its opposite ends with the holding notches or slots ff. f

The dieplate O may be made of a piece of wood d, to the back of which is secured the metal plate l), the said plate being provided with the in wardly-directed studs c c, which are struck up from the plate l), and are adapted to enter the notches ffof the holding-spring, and thus serve to prevent lateral movement. lhe ends e e of the holding-spring` B at the bottom of the openings ff are farther apart than the ends ot' t-he inwardly-directed studs c c, so that the spring B must be rst inserted at one end under one of the studs c and then sprung under the opposite stud, and when so held a downward pressure upon the handle A will tend to force the ends e e still farther under the studs c c on account of the Hexure of the said spring, the distance between the ends e c at the bottom of the openings ff being madeless than the distance between the base of the studs c c, in order to provide for the proper yielding movement of the sp ring B.

The handle A can be readily removed from the die-plate by pressing` endwise upon the holding-spring B, so as to bring the ends e e of the said spring nearer to each other and cause them to pass between theinner ends of the studs c c of the plate Z).

Instead of the wooden portion a of the dieplate O, an equivalent metal plate may be employed, the holding-plate l) being soldered 0r otherwise attached thereto; or the plate l) may itself form the die-plate to which the rubber die D is to be attached.

The operating-handle A for the holdingspring may be made in any desirable form, and need not in all cases be directly attached to the spring, but may be arranged in combination with intervening parts.

Instead of the studs c, formed by striking' up a portion of a sheet-metal plate, the said attaching-studs can be formed by a headed screw or nail, as shown in Fig. 4.

My invention, as above described, provides the desired ilexibility between the die-plate and its handle, whereby the rubber die D, which is attached to the plate a, can be made to fit squarely upon the surface to be printed, and it also provides a ready and convenient means for operating` with a plurality of dies, a single handle A being adapted for rapid attachment to and removal therefrom..

The holding-spring B, when constructed as above described and adapted for insertion under the spurs c c, is not liable to become detached by continued use, the downward pressure upon the handle A serving to cause the yielding spring to spread farther under the opposite engaging studs, thus increasing the hold upon the same, and the peculiar lateral movement or twist of the spring is illustrated in Figs. 5 and 6, the normal position of the handle A and spring B with reference to the die-plate C being shown by the full lines in Fig. 5, while the position 0f the handle and spring when in use and inclined, as in Fig. 6, so that the die D may rest fairly upon the surface to be printed, is shown by the dotted lines, the arms of the springB being subjected to a twisting inovernent,which causes a slight turning movement under the head of the holding-studs c2, and this twisting movement, combined with the turning movement under the studs, as shown in Fig.

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xo portion of the said spring, of a die-plate provided with the projecting studs, which are looselyheld in the said openings of the spring, whereby the handle may be held to `one side at au angle with the dieplate by causing the torsion of the spring, substantially as de- 15 scribed.

EDWIN REYNOLDS. lVitnesses:

JOHN S. LYNCH,

SOCRATES SGHOLFIELD. 

